Social Relations and Cyberbullying: The Influence of Individual and Structural Attributes on Victimization and Perpetration via the Internet

Human Communication Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-126

  Festl, Ruth ^a   Quandt, Thorsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 84871459345     PISSN: 03603989     EISSN: 14682958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2958.2012.01442.x     Document Type: Article

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